let down

Definition of let down in English English dictionary: To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody
I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down.; If something lets you down, it is the reason you are not as successful as you could have been. Many believe it was his shyness and insecurity which let him down Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot; disappoint; lower; lengthen, let out a hem in order to make an article of clothing longer; fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"; move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"; If you let down something such as a tyre, you allow air to escape from it. I let the tyres down on his car Remove wheelnuts, let down tyre, put on spare. = deflate; If you let someone down, you disappoint them, by not doing something that you have said you will do or that they expected you to do. Don't worry, Xiao, I won't let you down When such advisers fail in their duty, they let down the whole system. + let down let down The company now has a large number of workers who feel badly let down
let down the bars: knock over a partition, remove a divider; remove restrictions, remove limitations
let one's hair down: To relax and enjoy oneself
let somebody down: To fail somebody; to disappoint or to fail to uphold a commitment
He really let me down when he didn't arrive on time.
let-down: A disappointment or anticlimax
After seeing all the advertisements, the show itself was quite a let-down.
letdown: Disappointment, the sad state of not living up to expectations
It's such a letdown, I thought it was going to be better than this.
let someone down: disappoint, disillusion
let someone down: Fail to support or help someone
let your hair down: Meaning: Behave in a free or uninhibited manner. Origin: From the days when women normally wore their hair pinned up
a let-down: disappointment; something very upsetting or disappointing
let one's hair down: relax, get comfortable; behave informally; rid oneself of restraints
let's get down to business: let's cut to the chase, let's get to the bottom line, let's talk shop
let-down: A let-down is a disappointment that you suffer, usually because something has not happened in the way in which you expected it to happen. The flat was really very nice, but compared with what we'd been used to, it was a terrible let-down The sense of let-down today is all the greater because in the past doctors have been over-confident about these treatments. = disappointment
letdown: an event, performance etc that is not as good as you expected it to be = disappointment
letdown: {i} disappointment, discouragement, feeling of depression; decrease, reduction
letdown: a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"

let down

Hyphenation

let Down

Turkish pronunciation

let daun

Synonyms

abandon, depress, disenchant, disillusion, dissatisfy, fail, fall short, leave in lurch, leave stranded, lower, pull down, take down

Antonyms

benefit, satisfy

Pronunciation

/ˈlet ˈdoun/ /ˈlɛt ˈdaʊn/

Etymology

[ 'let ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. Middle English letten, from Old English lettan to delay, hinder; akin to Old High German lezzen to delay, hurt, Old English l[AE]t late.